paloaltonetworks.com: what it tells AI crawlers
On 27 October 2026, paloaltonetworks.com's robots.txt allowed all of GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot and CCBot; it also published llms.txt.
Last verified 2026-10-28 03:59 UTC (daily run of 2026-10-27). Proof for that day.
- Panel
- top 1k (Tranco)
- robots.txt
- ok (HTTP 200) · https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha256329486a1c300341e…· view as recorded - The * group
- allows applies to every agent without its own group
Per AI bot, 2026-10-27
| User agent | Verdict | How |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | allows | through the * group |
| OAI-SearchBot | allows | named in its own group |
| ChatGPT-User | allows | named in its own group |
| ClaudeBot | allows | through the * group |
| Claude-SearchBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Claude-User | allows | named in its own group |
| PerplexityBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Perplexity-User | allows | through the * group |
| Googlebot | allows | through the * group |
| Google-Extended | allows | through the * group |
| Applebot-Extended | allows | through the * group |
| CCBot | allows | through the * group |
| Bytespider | allows | through the * group |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | allows | through the * group |
| Amazonbot | allows | through the * group |
Other signals
| Publishes /llms.txt | yes |
| Publishes /ai.txt | no |
| Publishes /.well-known/tdmrep.json | no |
| Reserves TDM rights (TDMRep file, header or meta) | no |
| Declares Content Signals (robots.txt or header) | no |
| Says ai-train=no in a Content Signal | no |
| Points to an RSL licence (robots.txt License line or Link header) | no |
| Answers with an x402 payment offer (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | no |
| Answers HTTP 402 Payment Required (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | no |
| Sends noai / noimageai directives | no |
| Refused our fetcher (403 / challenge) | no |
llms.txt: "Palo Alto Networks", 17,903 bytes, 115 links.
robots.txt as recorded sha256 329486a1c300341e…
User-agent: * Disallow: /content/dam/ Disallow: /content/dam/pan/en_US/assets/pdf/legal/archive/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/content/dam Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/partners/nextwave-partner-portal/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/field/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/ignitePromoDemo Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/legal-notices/privacy/privacy-notice Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/ Disallow: /content/pan/ja_JP/ Disallow: /content/pan/de_DE/ Disallow: /content/pan/fr_FR/ Disallow: /content/pan/es_ES/ Disallow: /content/pan/pt_BR/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_AU/ Disallow: /content/pan/zh_TW/ Disallow: /content/pan/ko_KR/ Disallow: /content/pan/zh_CN/ Disallow: /content/pan/es_LA/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/allsitemap.html Disallow: /static/ Disallow: /static_260619/ Disallow: /static_perf/ Disallow: /qa/ Disallow: /allsitemap Disallow: /allsitemap.html Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/sitemaps/ Disallow: /sitemaps/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_GB/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_CA/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_SG/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_IN/ Disallow: /content/pan/it_IT/ Disallow: /content/pan/es_MX/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/topNav/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/newTopNav/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/expandedTopNav/ Disallow: /apps/ Allow: /apps/pan/public/singlePageReactModel?pageId= Allow: /apps/pan/public/unit42/bloglist.loadblogresults.json?searchLanguage=en_US Disallow: /content/pan-dev Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/healthCheck.html Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/events/xdr-event Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/events/xdr-event.html Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/events/xdr-post-event Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/events/xdr-post-event.html Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/atlassian-domain-verification.html Allow: /sitemap.xml Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/documentation/ Disallow: /documentation/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2019/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2018/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2017/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2016/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2015/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2014/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2013/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2012/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2011/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2010/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2009/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2008/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2007/ Disallow: /company/press/2019/ Disallow: /company/press/2018/ Disallow: /company/press/2017/ Disallow: /company/press/2016/ Disallow: /company/press/2015/ Disallow: /company/press/2014/ Disallow: /company/press/2013/ Disallow: /company/press/2012/ Disallow: /company/press/2011/ Disallow: /company/press/2010/ Disallow: /company/press/2009/ Disallow: /company/press/2008/ Disallow: /company/press/2007/ Disallow: /securityevent/en_US_LV2.html Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/google992ef19868c7ad5e.html Disallow: /google992ef19868c7ad5e.html Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/.well_known/ Disallow: /.well_known/ Disallow: /events/future-of-security-revealed Disallow: /events/future-of-security-revealed-amer Disallow: /newbrand Allow: /content/dam/*.svg$ Allow: /content/dam/*.gif$ Allow: /content/dam/*.png$ Allow: /content/dam/*.jpg$ Allow: /content/dam/*.jpeg$ Allow: /content/dam/*.svg$ Allow: /content/dam/*.gif?imwidth Allow: /content/dam/*.png?imwidth Allow: /content/dam/*.jpg?imwidth Allow: /content/dam/*.jpeg?imwidth Allow: /content/dam/*.js$ Allow: /content/dam/*.css$ Disallow: /blog/wp-admin/ Allow: /blog/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php Disallow: /devsectalks/wp-admin/ Allow: /devsectalks/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php Disallow: /perspectives/wp-admin/ Allow: /perspectives/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php Sitemap: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/sitemap_home.xml Sitemap: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/devsectalks/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/perspectives/sitemap_index.xml User-agent: Twitterbot Allow: /*.gif$ Allow: /*.png$ Allow: /*.jpg$ User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Claude-SearchBot User-agent: Claude-User Allow: /sitemap.xml Allow: /apps/pan/public/downloadResource Allow: /apps/pan/public/singlePageReactModel?pageId= Allow: /apps/pan/public/unit42/bloglist.loadblogresults.json?searchLanguage=en_US Allow: /blog/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php Allow: /devsectalks/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php Allow: /perspectives/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php Allow: /content/dam/*.svg$ Allow: /content/dam/*.gif$ Allow: /content/dam/*.png$ Allow: /content/dam/*.jpg$ Allow: /content/dam/*.jpeg$ Allow: /content/dam/*.pdf$ Allow: /content/dam/*.gif?imwidth Allow: /content/dam/*.png?imwidth Allow: /content/dam/*.jpg?imwidth Allow: /content/dam/*.jpeg?imwidth Allow: /content/dam/*.js$ Allow: /content/dam/*.css$ Disallow: /content/dam/ Disallow: /content/dam/pan/en_US/assets/pdf/legal/archive/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/content/dam Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/partners/nextwave-partner-portal/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/field/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/ignitePromoDemo Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/legal-notices/privacy/privacy-notice Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/ Disallow: /content/pan/ja_JP/ Disallow: /content/pan/de_DE/ Disallow: /content/pan/fr_FR/ Disallow: /content/pan/es_ES/ Disallow: /content/pan/pt_BR/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_AU/ Disallow: /content/pan/zh_TW/ Disallow: /content/pan/ko_KR/ Disallow: /content/pan/zh_CN/ Disallow: /content/pan/es_LA/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/allsitemap.html Disallow: /static/ Disallow: /static_260619/ Disallow: /static_perf/ Disallow: /qa/ Disallow: /allsitemap Disallow: /allsitemap.html Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/sitemaps/ Disallow: /sitemaps/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_GB/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_CA/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_SG/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_IN/ Disallow: /content/pan/it_IT/ Disallow: /content/pan/es_MX/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/topNav/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/newTopNav/ Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/expandedTopNav/ Disallow: /apps/ Disallow: /content/pan-dev Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/healthCheck.html Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/events/xdr-event Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/events/xdr-event.html Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/events/xdr-post-event Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/events/xdr-post-event.html Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/atlassian-domain-verification.html Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/documentation/ Disallow: /documentation/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2019/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2018/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2017/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2016/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2015/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2014/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2013/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2012/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2011/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2010/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2009/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2008/ Disallow: /company/in-the-news/2007/ Disallow: /company/press/2019/ Disallow: /company/press/2018/ Disallow: /company/press/2017/ Disallow: /company/press/2016/ Disallow: /company/press/2015/ Disallow: /company/press/2014/ Disallow: /company/press/2013/ Disallow: /company/press/2012/ Disallow: /company/press/2011/ Disallow: /company/press/2010/ Disallow: /company/press/2009/ Disallow: /company/press/2008/ Disallow: /company/press/2007/ Disallow: /securityevent/en_US_LV2.html Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/google992ef19868c7ad5e.html Disallow: /google992ef19868c7ad5e.html Disallow: /content/pan/en_US/.well_known/ Disallow: /.well_known/ Disallow: /events/future-of-security-revealed Disallow: /events/future-of-security-revealed-amer Disallow: /newbrand Disallow: /blog/wp-admin/ Disallow: /devsectalks/wp-admin/ Disallow: /perspectives/wp-admin/
robots.txt versions
| From | Through | State | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-27 | ok 200 | 329486a1c300 |
Timeline of changes
| Date | What changed |
|---|---|
| No changes since the first observation (2026-10-26). | |
Reconstructed history (Common Crawl)
From Common Crawl's robots.txt captures: what CCBot was served, one crawl per quarter. A separate series from the daily observations above; a 403 here means Common Crawl was refused, not this ledger.
| Crawl | Host | State | GPTBot | OAI-SearchBot | ChatGPT-User | ClaudeBot | Claude-SearchBot | Claude-User | PerplexityBot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 CC-MAIN-2026-39 | www2.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2025-09-15 CC-MAIN-2025-38 | www2.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38 | www2.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40 | www2.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40 | www2.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2021-09-27 CC-MAIN-2021-39 | www.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40 | www2.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39 | www.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39 | www.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-04-23 CC-MAIN-2018-17 | www.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-01-29 CC-MAIN-2018-05 | www.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-10-23 CC-MAIN-2017-43 | www.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39 | www.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-07-24 CC-MAIN-2017-30 | www.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-04-24 CC-MAIN-2017-17 | www.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-01-23 CC-MAIN-2017-04 | paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-10-03 CC-MAIN-2016-40 | www.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-09-05 CC-MAIN-2016-36 | www.paloaltonetworks.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
Evidence
Every daily observation of paloaltonetworks.com is a leaf in that day's Merkle tree. Proof of the robots.txt line for 2026-10-27: audit path (JSON), day root and OpenTimestamps proof (complete (bitcoin block 973493)).
API: https://infrarabbit.com/crawlers/api/v1/policy/paloaltonetworks.com